Gulabi gang, « Pink power »

In the rugged terrains of Bundelkhand – an area stretched between northern Indian state Uttar Pradesh (UP) and the central state Madhya Pradesh (MP) – muscle power rules over legal reach, mafia over the civil servants, bitter gender discrimination over wellbeing of the women and high caste people disdain their low caste brethren making this area a grand incubator of mass exploitation and corruption. But all that is about to change as a majority of its most downtrodden people are beginning to speak up against the injustices and deprivation of their society under the leadership of Sampat Pal Devi – a 49 year old village woman. But is the country listening?

a Photo story by Arindam Mukherjee/LightMediation

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